Wednesday, December 12, 2007

FTC Chair Asked To Recuse Herself In Google Case

An AP newswire article, via CBS5.com, reports that:

Two consumer groups on Wednesday asked the chair of the Federal Trade Commission to remove herself from the agency's antitrust review of Google Inc.'s $3.1 billion purchase of DoubleClick because her husband works at the law firm representing DoubleClick.

Deborah Platt Majoras, FTC chairwoman, is married to John M. Majoras, a partner at the Jones Day law firm and who specializes in antitrust, the groups said in a petition to the agency. Deborah Majoras was a partner at the firm before leaving to take the FTC position.

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